In total, immigration was estimated to be 588,000 and emigration
339,000.

"The net migration change was driven by a statistically
significant increase in emigration up 40,000 from 2015, mainly EU
citizens and a decrease of 43,000 in immigration (not
statistically significant)," the ONS said.

Net immigration was just from EU8 countries – a bloc which
includes eastern European states such as Poland and Romania –
stood at just 5,000 people, which is the lowest figure since the
countries joined the European Union in 2004.

Here's the chart from the ONS:

ONS

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party has interpreted
the vote to leave the European Union as a reaction against
immigration, pledging to reduce net migration to below 100,000
people following the election.

“Tough general election rhetoric on cutting migration is only
likely to encourage more of the EU workers British businesses and
public services rely upon to choose to cross the channel in
search of a more secure future for themselves and their
families,” Sophie Barrett-Brown, head of the UK Practice at
Laura Devine Solicitors, said in an emailed statement.

Meanwhile, the Confederation of British Industry, the UK's
largest business lobby group, expressed concern at the potential
for immigration restrictions to hamper access to talented workers
from overseas.

"We have a much much higher degree of integration of our
businesses within Europe than we do in any other part of the
world, and [this is about] the ability to move people around
quickly onto a construction project or to make a television
programme or to work on a legal project. We are a services
based-economy and people are our currency," Carolyn
Fairbairn, Confederation of British Industry's director general,
said earlier this month.